Ernesto Zedillo: Difference between revisions

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During his presidency, he faced one of the [[Mexican peso crisis|worst economic crises in Mexico's history]], which started only weeks after taking office.<ref name="The Economist 2004">{{Cite news | title = The peso crisis, ten years on: Tequila slammer | date = 2004-12-29 | newspaper = [[The Economist]] | url = https://www.economist.com/node/3524948 | access-date = 2014-07-08}}</ref><ref name="Molen 2013">{{Cite news | title = The Tequila crisis in 1994 | date = 2013-09-19 | publisher = [[Rabobank]] | url = http://economics.rabobank.com/publications/2013/september/the-tequila-crisis-in-1994 | access-date = 2014-07-27 | url-status = dead | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150410090503/https://economics.rabobank.com/publications/2013/september/the-tequila-crisis-in-1994/ | archive-date = 2015-04-10 }}</ref> While he distanced himself from his predecessor [[Carlos Salinas de Gortari]], blaming his administration for the crisis,<ref name="The Economist 2004" /><ref>{{Cite news | title = Salinas vs. Zedillo | publisher = La Jornada | url = http://www.jornada.unam.mx/2005/10/11/index.php?section=politica&article=020a1pol | access-date = 2018-03-09 |language = es}}</ref> and overseeing the arrest of Salinas' brother [[Raúl Salinas de Gortari]],<ref>{{Cite news |last=Golden |first=Tim |date=1995-03-01 |title=Salinas's Brother Charged In Mexican Assassination |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1995/03/01/world/salinas-s-brother-charged-in-mexican-assassination.html |access-date=2022-06-18 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> he continued the [[Neoliberalism|neoliberal]] policies of his two predecessors. His administration was also marked by renewed clashes with the [[EZLN]] and the [[Popular Revolutionary Army]];<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.letraslibres.com/sites/default/files/pdfs_articulos/pdf_art_5673_5540.pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131017111100/http://www.letraslibres.com/sites/default/files/pdfs_articulos/pdf_art_5673_5540.pdf|url-status=dead|archive-date=17 October 2013|date=17 October 2013|access-date=27 January 2018}}</ref> the controversial implementation of [[Fobaproa]] to rescue the national banking system;<ref>Solís, L. (comp.) (1999). ''Fobaproa y las recientes reformas financieras''. México: Instituto de Investigación Económica y Social "Lucas Alamán", A.C.</ref> a political reform which allowed residents of the [[Federal District (Mexico)|Federal District]] ([[Mexico City]]) to elect their own mayor; the [[Rail transport in Mexico#Privatization|privatization of national railways]] and its subsequent suspension of the passenger rail service; and the [[Aguas Blancas massacre|Aguas Blancas]] and [[Acteal massacre|Acteal]] massacres perpetrated by State forces.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.jornada.unam.mx/ultimas/2008/07/02/resuelve-scjn-atraer-caso-acteal|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120903223624/http://www.jornada.unam.mx/ultimas/2008/07/02/resuelve-scjn-atraer-caso-acteal|url-status=dead|title=Resuelve SCJN Atraer Caso de Acteal|date=3 September 2012|archive-date=3 September 2012|website=Archive.is|access-date=30 December 2017}}</ref><ref name = "patriagrande">{{Cite web |url=http://www.patriagrande.net/mexico/aguas.blancas/index.html |title=La matanza de Aguas Blancas |access-date=10 March 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061130050433/http://www.patriagrande.net/mexico/aguas.blancas/index.html |archive-date=30 November 2006 |url-status=dead }}</ref>